http://medicalconsumers.org Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:23:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://medicalconsumers.org http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/11/21/new-pap-test-guidelines/ http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/11/21/new-pap-test-guidelines/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:37:52 +0000 medconsumers http://medicalconsumers.org/?p=3349 cautions about the Pap test that have been on its Web site for several years. I think women deserve an apology from the ACS and ACOG]]> http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/11/21/new-pap-test-guidelines/feed/ 0 Maryann http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/09/29/walk-in-clinics-good-choice-for-minor-ills/ http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/09/29/walk-in-clinics-good-choice-for-minor-ills/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:03:17 +0000 medconsumers http://medicalconsumers.org/?p=3075 ]]> http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/09/29/walk-in-clinics-good-choice-for-minor-ills/feed/ 1 Maryann http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/05/19/the-marketing-of-osteoporosis/ http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/05/19/the-marketing-of-osteoporosis/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 19:22:21 +0000 medconsumers http://medconsumers.wordpress.com/?p=2210 ]]> http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/05/19/the-marketing-of-osteoporosis/feed/ 0 Maryann http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/05/05/healthy-ovaries-should-not-be-removed/ http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/05/05/healthy-ovaries-should-not-be-removed/#comments Tue, 05 May 2009 19:48:13 +0000 medconsumers http://medconsumers.wordpress.com/?p=2107 ]]> http://medicalconsumers.org/2009/05/05/healthy-ovaries-should-not-be-removed/feed/ 0 Maryann http://medicalconsumers.org/2007/03/01/a-critical-evaluation-of-the-pap-test-and-its-role-in-reducing-cervical-cancer-deaths/ http://medicalconsumers.org/2007/03/01/a-critical-evaluation-of-the-pap-test-and-its-role-in-reducing-cervical-cancer-deaths/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:33:22 +0000 medconsumers http://medconsumers.wordpress.com/?p=2100 Widespread use of the Pap test has successfully reduced cervical cancer incidence and mortality. This bit of medical wisdom has largely gone unchallenged with one noteworthy exception in 1978, when Anne-Marie Foltz and Jennifer L. Kelsey co-authored “The Annual Pap Test: A Dubious Policy Success” in the Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly.]]> http://medicalconsumers.org/2007/03/01/a-critical-evaluation-of-the-pap-test-and-its-role-in-reducing-cervical-cancer-deaths/feed/ 0 Maryann